Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday referred to as former President Trump’s rifle remarks about Liz Cheney “disqualifying,” accusing him of accelerating his “violent rhetoric.”
“He has increased his violent rhetoric about political opponents – Donald Trump has – and in great detail suggested rifles should be trained on former Rep. Liz Cheney,” Harris advised reporters at a presser after getting off Air Drive Two in Wisconsin. “This must be disqualifying. Anyone who wants to be President of the United States who uses that kind of violent rhetoric is clearly disqualified and unqualified to be president.”
She referred to as Cheney, who has endorsed Harris and has been campaigning together with her, a “true patriot who has shown extraordinary courage in putting country above party. Trump is increasingly, however, someone who considers his political opponents the enemy, is permanently out for revenge and is increasingly unstable and unhinged.”
In calling Cheney a “radical war hawk” at an occasion in Arizona on Thursday, Trump mentioned: “Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK? Let’s see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face. They’re all war hawks when they’re sitting in Washington in a nice building saying, ‘Oh, gee, well, let’s send 10,000 troops into the mouths of the enemies,’ but she’s a stupid person and I used to have meetings with a lot of people and she always wanted to go to war with people.”
Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday referred to as former President Trump’s rifle remarks about Liz Cheney “disqualifying,” accusing him of accelerating his “violent rhetoric.” (Andrew Harnik/Getty Photographs)
Trump’s feedback instantly drew a backlash on the left, with some clips on-line not enjoying the complete context of what he was saying.
Harris advised a reporter who requested if she was involved about Cheney’s security that she hadn’t talked to the previous Wyoming congresswoman since Trump’s remark was made, “but I know Liz Cheney well enough to know she is tough, she is courageous and has shown herself to be a true patriot at a very difficult time in our country where, to your point, we see this kind of rhetoric that is violent in nature, where we see this kind of spirit coming through with Donald Trump that is so ladened with the desire for revenge and retribution.”
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She added it’s vital to ensure “we are fighting against and speaking out against political violence.”
Liz Cheney has been campaigning with Vice President Kamala Harris. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
Trump clarified his Cheney feedback on Reality Social on Wednesday afternoon, writing, “All I’m saying about Liz Cheney is that she is a War Hawk, and a dumb one at that, but she wouldn’t have ‘the guts’ to fight herself. It’s easy for her to talk, sitting far from where the death scenes take place, but put a gun in her hand, and let her go fight, and she’ll say, ‘No thanks!’ Her father decimated the Middle East, and other places, and got rich by doing so. He’s caused plenty of DEATH, and probably never even gave it a thought. That’s not what we want running our Country!”
Former President Trump clarified his feedback on Friday, saying all he meant on Thursday was that Cheney is a “war hawk” who wouldn’t have the “guts” to struggle. (AP Photograph/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Cheney reposted a clip on X of Trump’s remarks about her that didn’t embody the half about him accusing Cheney and others all being conflict hawks, writing, “This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten those who speak against them with death. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant.”
She included the hastages “#Womenwillnotbesilenced” and “VoteKamala.”
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Republicans have additionally accused Democrats of accelerating the opportunity of violence towards Trump with rhetoric claiming he’s “fascist” and a “threat to democracy.”
Trump was shot by a would-be murderer in July and was later focused by one other suspect close to his dwelling in Florida.
